86R1963 MCK-D
By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 3419
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to indefinite quantity contracts for the provision of
certain services to declared disaster areas following a natural
disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 31.069 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.069. INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES
AFTER DECLARED NATURAL DISASTER. (a) Not later than May 1 of each
year, the land office shall enter into indefinite quantity
contracts with vendors to provide information management services,
construction services, including engineering construction
services, and other services the land office determines may be
necessary to construct, repair, or rebuild property or
infrastructure in the event of a natural disaster.
(b) The terms of a contract under Subsection (a) must
provide that the contract is contingent on:
(1) the availability of funds;
(2) the occurrence of a natural disaster not later
than 12 months after the effective date of the contract; and
(3) delivery of the services to an area of this state
declared by the governor or president of the United States under law
to be a disaster area as a result of the natural disaster.
(c) If the land office determines that federal funds may be
used for a contract under Subsection (a), the land office shall
ensure that the contract complies with the requirements of the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. Chapter 1), or a
successor regulation.
(d) In awarding a contract under this section, the land
office shall consider and apply any applicable state law and rules
of the land office relating to contracting with historically
underutilized businesses.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.